S.A. Back in the Day: November 1962

Compiled by Merrisa Brown, mySA.com

What was going on in the Alamo City 50 years ago? Click through to find out.

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Henry Catto Jr., 31, center, GOP poll watcher, is flanked on his left by John Goode, former Bexar County GOP chairman, as he is led to the district attorney's office by Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Garcia, following his arrest at Precinct 17 on San Antonio's West Side. Catto, who had soda pop thrown on him by the election judge, charged election officials were illegally giving voters instructions in Spanish instead of English. He was later released without charge. Published in the San Antonio Express Nov. 7, 1962.

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Henry Catto Jr., 31, center, GOP poll watcher, is flanked on his left by John Goode, former Bexar County GOP chairman, as he is led to the district attorney's office by Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Garcia, following his arrest at Precinct 17 on San Antonio's West Side. Catto, who had soda pop thrown on him by the election judge, charged election officials were illegally giving voters instructions in Spanish instead of English. He was later released without charge. Published in the San Antonio Express Nov. 7, 1962.